1922 Old Time Recipes Liquors Shrubs(4th edition) by Helen S Wright

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red tartar in fine powder. Afterward put in one-balf pound sassafras chips, one-half gallon brandy or less. This will make nine gallons. RED AND WHITE GOOSEBERRY WINE Take one and one-half gallons cold soft water, three qua;rts red gooseberries, tv/o quarts white gooseberries. Ferment. Now mix two and one-half pounds raw sugar, three-quarters pound honey, one-half ounce tartar in fine powder. Afterwards put in one ounce bitter almonds, a small handful sweet briar, two quarts brandy or less. WHITE GOOSEBERRY OR CHAM- PAGNE WINE Take four and one-half gallons cold soft water and fifteen quarts of white goose- berries. Ferment. Now mix six pounds re- fined sugar, four pounds honey, one ounce white tartar in fine powder. Put in one ounce dry orange and lemon peel, or two ounces fresh, and add one-half gallon white brandy. This will make nine gallons. UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE W^ash and take from the stems ten pounds ripe Concord grapes. Add two quarts water 66